Genres Theater

Where You From? What You Be About?

Avilés, Eric

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

"Where You From? What You Be About?" is an autobiographical play addressing issues of poverty, racism, and gun violence, and the need for healing. Read More

Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (2014)

Baltimore Annex Theater

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

This reinterpretation of one of the eight model Beijing Operas of the Chinese Cultural Revolution emphasized how propaganda can be exciting and engaging. Read More

FROM PAGE TO STAGE- A CARIBBEAN JOURNEY- A Tribute to Trinidadian Playwright Zeno Obi Constance

Banana Boat Productions

Year Grant Awarded: 2018

On Monday December 10, 2018, Banana Boat Productions brought together an ensemble comprised of some of New York's best known Caribbean American actors to pay tribute to one of the region's most iconic playwrights, Zeno Obi Constance The event was called, “From Page to Stage- A Caribbean Journey” Read More

Disputed Territories (2014)

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

An interdisciplinary theater/literary project exploring disputed territories around the world. Read More

Bike Shop The Musical (2014)

Barkan, Elizabeth

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Bike Shop is a one woman musical by Elizabeth Barkan, directed by Gretchen Cryer. It is the story of a Brooklyn bicycle store circa 1993 and its owner, Bobby, an exuberant bike mechanic. Read More

Bike Shop The Musical

Barkan, Elizabeth

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

Bike Shop is a one woman musical by Elizabeth Barkan, directed by Gretchen Cryer. It is the story of a Brooklyn bicycle store and its owner, Bobby, Two years after a tragic bike accident she tries to get back on her bike and get her own life in gear. Read More

Expansion of the Performing Arts School (formerly known as beyondEDUCATION)

Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC)

Year Grant Awarded: 2012

bergenPAC received a grant to support the expansion of its beyondEDUCATION program, specifically the beyondTHEATER initiative. beyondTHEATER was created to provide students with instruction and performance opportunities in musical theater and drama. Read More

“Keep the Peace” Anti-Bullying program (2014)

Big Apple Playback Theatre

Year Grant Awarded: 2013

Big Apple Playback Theatre (BAPT) provides Keep the Peace!(KTP)interactive performances to schools and afterschool programs in the NYC metro area. KTP is designed to help schools address issues and incidents of harassment and bullying. Read More

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Brake-Sillá, Nikki

Year Grant Awarded: 2021

How does toxic masculinity evolve? Is it when a single mother coddles her son because of the guilt she has for being both mother and father? Is it when “we” force our sons into identities where softness and masculinity cannot coexist? Read More

Play Development

Break A Leg Productions

Year Grant Awarded: 2016

Break A Leg (BAL) Productions is committed to helping playwrights put new plays on their feet, often for the very first time as full productions and a variety of reading series. BAL follows every performance with a talkback involving playwrights and other invited guests. Read More

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